MDC April Challenge

The requirements:

MDC April Challenge

Theme: Recycled Wreath

Requirement: 50% Recycled Materials

Deadline: April 15th

The challenge for April is to create a wreath using recycled materials.  Be creative!  The only requirements are that it resembles a wreath and 50% of the materials used are recycled.

This challenge begins on March 21, 2012 and ends on April 15, 2012.  Voting will take place April 16th through the 19th.

Submit a photo of your completed project below.

The result :

 

The wreath i made is 98% made of recycled material

material's i used are 

• 1 ACU top 
• 1 ACU pant
• 2 wire hangers 
• 1 old red t shirt 
• 1 old blue t shirt 
• 1 old white t shirt 
• a americana heart and star i found at goodwill 
• 3 new buttons 
• 6 feet of 20 gauge wire 
• lipstick red folk art paint 
• vintage white folk art paint 

to start making my wreath i bent the two hangers in a circle 

i had hubby cut the top of the hangers off for me 

then use 20 gauge wire an wired them together 

making a hook at the top of the smaller one 

so i have something to attach the heart to 

then i made a huge pile of shredded ACU material 

then i just tied them on the wire hanger circles 

then i made flowers out of the old t shirts 

 then i pulled apart the heart and sanded it and re painted it 

then sanded it to age it a little again 

then hot glued some buttons onto the blue star 

this is the result 

then i twisted together 4 pieces  of 20 gauge wire 

and made the hanger for the heart 

then i attached the flowers to the wreath by hand sewing them on!
then i attached the heart to the loop of wire hanger with a heavy duty stapler
 

TFL... hugs Kimmie